Karen Bass: “Clearly tens of thousands, if not hundreds, hundreds of…”

“You are talking about a handful of streets in downtown Los Angeles. Now, I will tell you the vandalism that has taken place is absolutely atrocious in the form of graffiti. I've seen graffiti all over. Clearly tens of thousands, if not hundreds, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage [from graffiti]. But I don't think you send out the army or the Marines because people are writing graffiti on a wall. And then you saw violence yesterday where they were setting cars on fire.” (05:22–05:28)

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